Topcoder: The Anatomy of a Challenge

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Learn, Compete, Win Katy Price @katynprice

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Problem Atomisation Breaking a project down into constituent units of work. Unique problems to be addressed; – Facial Recognition – Voice Command – Multi-Agency Barcode Compatibility

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What is Topcoder? 897,000+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS 190 COUNTRIES & REGIONS REPRESENTED $74M+ PAID TO COMMUNITY ~6,5k CHALLENGES LAUNCHED IN 2014

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Marathon Matches Data & Business Analytics Development Assembly Testing Bug Races Architecture Concepts Design Wireframes Storyboards Prototype What can I work on?

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How a challenge works...

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Narinder What?!

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Develop As Normal!

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Test As Normal!

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Get Reviewed

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Source: http://www.kpcb.com/internet-trends Why be Part of the Community?

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Trend: Crowdsourcing increasingly prevalent in business Gartner “By 2018, over 75% of high-performing enterprises will be using some type of crowdsourcing for business process services” “Crowdsourcing will also constitute 20% of all enterprise application development sourcing initiatives” Why be Part of the Community?

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No Really, Why? Java Developer Bogotá, Colombia Algorithmist Santa Fe, New Mexico Designer Shanghai, China Mobile Expert Kyzyl, Russia iOS Guru Perth, Australia Web Designer Lyon, France The Cloud Makes it Possible to Connect in Ways Never Before Possible.

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• Visit ios.topcoder.com • Register • Sign up for and start earning badges while you compete • @katynprice How do I Get Started?

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Questions? Katy Price @katynprice